MickeyHoldem;389970 wrotePlease elaborate!
1012 was done in my head quickly based on 44 balls fitting into the 100" and 22 fitting into the 50" width. Staggering the rows to allow for a row of 44 followed by a row of 43, etc.
Anyway, here is a solution for you . . .
1097
Several ways to do it:
If you start on the long cushion you can fit 44 balls (100/2.25=44.4), the next row up fits in between the balls from the first row (like in the rack - hexagonal close packing), BUT 44 balls cannot fit across (44.5*2.25=100.125), so you can only fit 43. The distance between rows is 1.94 (sin 60*2.25), and thus 25 rows. 13*44 + 12*43 = 1088.
If you start on the short rail, you can fit 22 balls in the first row but again only 21 in the row above. 51 rows will fit - 26*22 + 25*21 = 1097.
If you pack them in a standard cubic array you'd have 968.
Happy now? Besides, even if they HAD been WAG's, those were not specifically proscribed by your question.
